Prozaedyus scillatoyanei Barasoain et al. 2020 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae

Full reference: D. Barasoain, V. H. Contreras, R. L. Tomassini and A. E. Zurita. 2020. A new pygmy armadillo (Cingulata, Euphractinae) from the late Miocene of Andean Argentina reveals an unexpected evolutionary history of the singular Prozaedyus lineage. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 100:102589:1-13

Belongs to Prozaedyus according to D. Barasoain et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Prozaedius exilis, Prozaedius humilis, Prozaedius impressus, Prozaedius minimus, Prozaedius planus, Prozaedyus exilis, Prozaedyus humilis, Prozaedyus proximus, Prozaedyus tenuissimus

Type specimen: MSJ-317, a partial skull. Its type locality is Loma de Las Tapias, which is in a Chasicoan alluvial fan siltstone/mudstone in the Loma de Las Tapias Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Loma de Las Tapias

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